info about comets size classes

[antipro]

hi,
I was launching a rocket into an LKO when, by pure chance, I saw a little blue strip in the sky.
I immediately understood that it was a comet and I enabled the unknown objects in the filter bar on top center of the screen.
I started tracking it in the Tracking Station, it's the first time I've seen one. Probably because I always keep the unknown object filter disabled.

excuse me, it's very long time I do not deal with asteroids related contracts, however I have few questions:

- Did this comet always exist since the 1.10 update, or did it appear, by chance, only recently? If I do not track it now, will it disappear soon?
- I know the size classes of asteroids, such as A, B, C, D, E. I see this comet has an H (Gargantuan) class so, are there size classes for comets too? Where can I find info about them?
- Currently I have none, but once I start tracking a comet, some kind of related contracts will appear in the Mission Control Building?

edit:
nevermind for the first question, I loaded several times a 245 days most recent save and warping in Tracking Station,
I've seen that the comets act like asteroids, they continuously and randomly appear/disappear, changing their orbit, size and name.

edit2:
nevermind for the third question too, sorry. I tried to track a comet and I've seen that comet contracts are generated.

edit3:
about the size classes, I read in this link: https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/api/class_comet_orbit_type.html
we have 9 different size classes, for the comets goes from "Huge"to "Gargantuan".
basically I just would like to have more info about these classes.

Edited August 27, 2021 by antipro

[Stamp20]

Comets spawn in the same way as asteroids, only in much larger orbits.

Comets have the same size classes as asteroids except for new F, G  and H class sizes.

Contracts will appear to collect samples from comets, there might be other comet related contracts but those are the only ones I've seen.

[antipro]

9 hours ago, Stamp20 said:

Comets spawn in the same way as asteroids, only in much larger orbits.

Got it, thanks. And sorry, I was still testing the game and editing the post, you anticipated me.
 

9 hours ago, Stamp20 said:

Comets have the same size classes as asteroids except for new F, G  and H class sizes.

ok, but aren't there other info such as "size name" and mass range?

From asteroids wiki:
A: 2.1 ~ 9.5 tons
B: 9.5 ~ 42.5 tons
C: 42.5 ~ 190.6 tons
D: 190.6 ~ 854 tons
E: 854 ~ 3,828 tons

(I can't even find their related asteroid size names)

and that api info page talks about 9 classes, but from A to H I count 8 only.
we have 9 different size classes, for the comets goes from "Huge"to "Gargantuan"
https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/api/class_comet_orbit_type.html

so, we have "Huge", "Massive", "Gargantuan", what else?
and for asteroids "Tiny", "Small", "Medium", "Large", which others?
 

9 hours ago, Stamp20 said:

Contracts will appear to collect samples from comets, there might be other comet related contracts but those are the only ones I've seen.

yes I see, thanks.

Edited August 28, 2021 by antipro

[antipro]

Correct me If I'm wrong, anyway I played some time with these comets and I made a rendezvous of all the classes I found, they are 4, and their mass is approximately:

E (Huge) - 1400 t
F (Huge) - 4700 t
G (Massive) - 95000 t
H (Gargantuan) - 290000 t







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And about asteroids size names, they should be:

A: 2.1 ~ 9.5 tons - Tiny
B: 9.5 ~ 42.5 tons - Small
C: 42.5 ~ 190.6 tons - Medium
D: 190.6 ~ 854 tons - Large
E: 854 ~ 3,828 tons - Huge

So there is a class E (Huge) for asteroids as well for comets, and apparently the F class is called (Huge) too.

Edited August 28, 2021 by antipro